Re: [Gimp-developer] gimp gradients

[Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>]

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 5:43 PM, free wrote:
> Well, if I could say something about creating gradients in gimp (as a
> regular user), there are some issues that I think that can get the user
> confused or frustrated:
>
> - using right mouse button to change colors and to split segments:
> Intuitivelly, I see the right mouse button as "more options" for anything.
> Having to access the main funcions of the editor with right mouse button is
> strange (and I just discovered it after reading a tutorial).
> - not allowing the movement of the endpoints is a little frustrating. If you
> want to extend the endpoint color a little, you have to create a new
> segment.
> - there's a color box in the gradient editor that is only for previewing
> colors. It would be great if it could be used to change the selected segment
> color. Have to use foreground/background color slows a little the proccess,
> i think.
> - a numerical input for the position for the segment would be great too,
> just like Blender's ramp editor.
>
> Well, maybe I am missing some functionality here because I never used too
> much the gradient editor, as I did not knew the drag and drop from palette
> as described here... My apologies if I addressed something that is wrong :)

In a nutshell, and that's my personal view, the gradient editing
should happen on canvas, much like in Inkscape (0.49 also places
numerical input for colors stops position on the tools settings
toolbar). And in GEGL-based GIMP a gradient fill should be
re-editable.

Alexandre Prokoudine
http://libregraphicsworld.org